Velocipede-brake.



Patented Nov. 27, I900.

W. SCHMIDT 81. J. BEBBERICH.

'VELOCIPEDE BRAKE.

(Apphcatxon filed July 24, 1899) (mi Ipdol.)

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UNITED STATES NEUSTADT,

GERMANY.

VELOCIPEDE-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,602, dated November27, 190 0.

Application filed July 24, 1899. $erial No. 725,016. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILHELM SCHMIDT, residing at Heidelberg, and JOSEFBERBER- ICH, residing at Neustadt -on-the-Haardt, Germany, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Brakes forVelocipedes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is an arrangement by means of which thewheelman has only to manage one brake, whereby the speed of the forewheel, as well as that of the hind Wheel, is effectively checked.

In general our invention consists in the following: The construction ofthe arrangementallows the rod by which the brake-block for the forewheel is forced down and brought into contact with the tire to followsomewhat the motion of the fore wheel, so that by this forward movementa brake for the hind Wheel connected with that rod by a string is drawnin such a direction that it is pressed effectively on the hind wheel.

Referring to the drawings which form a part of this specification,Figures 1 and 2, which represent the proper illustration of the device,are respectively a side view and a ground plan of the brake for the forewheel. Fig. 3 is a general View of the arrangement of our invention.

The rod 5, which bears at its lower end a brake-block o and is hinged atthe upper end to the lever by means of which the wheelman actuates thebrake, is guided in a slot of a bracket Ct, fastened to theconnecting-piece g of the fork-arms g of the fore wheel. The

bracket a thus extends over the fore wheel and the slot is formed in itin the plane of the wheel. A brake e of any suitable construction isattached to the frame in front of the rear wheel and kept 0E from thelatter by a spring. The two brakes are connected with one another bycords f, which are tied through eyes 0 of the brakeblock casing c,conducted over the cross-head g of the fork, and a pulley attached tothe fore part of the frame and fastened to the lover of the rear brakee.

If the wheelman by actuating the brakelever presses the brake-block 0down on the tire d of the fore wheel, the latter by the rotation pullsthe block a forward, whereby the rod 1) slides in the slot of thebracket a, and at the same time by means of the cordsfthe brake of thehind wheel is actuated, so that both wheels are brought to a standstillsimultaneously.

Having now described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- In a brake for velocipedes thecombination with a brake-block, c, fastened to the lower end of a rod,Z); of a guide-piece, a, attached to the front of the fork of the forewheel, having a longitudinal slot, in which said rod slides forward,after the block is pressed on the tire, (Z, of the fore wheel and pulledforward by the latter on its rotation; a brake, e, for the rear wheel;and cords, f, connecting the brakeblock, c, with the lover of the brake,c, said brake being thus actuated by the forward motion of the block a.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twowitnesses.

WILHELM SCHMIDT. J OSEF BERBERIGH.

WVitnesses:

JACOB ADRIAN, R. LINDERMANN.

